2025 AQHYA World All-Arounds Crowned
Ady Kallay named the AQHYA 14-18 All-Around winner, and Lilly Jones is the AQHYA 13-&-Under All-Around winner for the second consecutive year at the 2025 AQHYA World Championship Show.
Kallay and The Batchelor earned 100 points in all-around competition, taking home $21,500 in Kimes Ranch Competition Award Fund money and $3,350.50 in jackpot money. Photo credit: Shane Rux Photography.
The American Quarter Horse Association is proud to crown 2025 AQHYA All-Around Award winners. Exhibitors and their American Quarter Horses in the 14-18 and 13-&-Under divisions who earned the most points in three or more Level 3 youth events in three or more categories during the show were recognized for their efforts.
AQHYA 14-18 All-Around
On a horse she bought in January, Ady Kallay of Drayton Valley, Alberta, racked up a pile of points toward the 14-18 AQHYA All-Around title. Kallay, who will be riding for Texas A&M University this fall, and The Batchelor were the world champions in western riding, hunt seat equitation and horsemanship; reserve world champions in performance halter geldings and showmanship; and bronze world champions in trail.
No other exhibitor in the four-year history of the AQHYA All-Around Award has earned all of their all-around points by placing in the top three of all of their Level 3 classes. “Scout” is a 2017 sorrel gelding by How Bout This Cowboy and out of Shes Blazing Cool by Blazing Hot and was bred by Starland Ranch LLC of El Reno, Oklahoma. Kallay and The Batchelor earned 100 points in all-around competition, taking home $21,500 in Kimes Ranch Competition Award Fund money and $3,350.50 in jackpot money. The 14-18 All-Around winner received a prize package of $2,500, an all-around champion neck ribbon, a custom-logoed leather jacket and a Turtlebox Bluetooth speaker.
For the second consecutive year, the Reserve 14-18 AQHYA All-Around title went to Alexandra Rippeon of Mount Airy, Maryland, and Itzonly Make Believe. The 2017 bay mare by Machine Made and out of Sophisticated Invite by Invitation Only was bred by Ken Moore of Camden, South Carolina. Rippeon and Itzonly Make Believe were the world champions in trail, reserve world champions in hunt seat equitation and horsemanship, top-five in performance halter mares, top-10 in showmanship and finalists in western riding. They earned 65 points in the 14-18 all-around competition, $10,000 in Kimes Ranch Competition Award Fund money and $2,005.50 in jackpot money, as well as the Reserve 14-18 All-Around prize package of $1,000, a reserve champion neck ribbon, a custom-logoed leather jacket and a Turtlebox Bluetooth speaker.
At only their second show since the 2024 National Snaffle Bit Association World Show, Chilln Ona Dirt Road took his young owner, Lilly Ann Jones of Reelsville, Indiana, to their second consecutive AQHYA 13-&-Under All-Around title. Chilln Ona Dirt Road is a 2011 bay gelding by Lazy Loper and out of Winnie Persuasian by Perfect Execution and was bred by Dale Hamilton of Oxford, Ohio. With a tiny blue unicorn lucky charm tucked safely in her pocket, Jones and Chilln Ona Dirt Road were the world champions in trail, reserve world champions in horsemanship, bronze world champions in hunt seat equitation, top-five in hunter under saddle and top-10 in showmanship. The duo earned 48.5 points in 13-&-Under all-around competition, $9,000 in Kimes Ranch Competition money, $934 in jackpot money and the 13-&-Under All-Around prize package of $2,500, an all-around champion neck ribbon, custom-logoed leather jacket and a Turtlebox Bluetooth speaker. This is Jones’ final year in the 13-&-Under division.
The Reserve 13-&-Under All-Around title went to London Nietzer of Anderson, South Carolina, who showed Good Evanescence. The 2013 sorrel mare by Zippos Mr Good Bar and out of In Essence by Hot Impulse was bred by Holly Thompson of Niles, Michigan. Nietzer and Good Evanescence earned 29 points in 13-&-Under all-around competition. They were world champions in showmanship, top-five in horsemanship, and top-10 in hunt seat equitation and trail. They took home $5,000 in Kimes Ranch money and $1,350.25 in jackpot money, as well as the Reserve 13-&-Under All-Around prize package of $1,000, a reserve champion neck ribbon, a custom-logoed leather jacket and a Turtlebox Bluetooth speaker.
About the AQHYA World
The AQHYA World Championship Show is the world’s largest single-breed world championship horse show open exclusively to youth exhibitors 18 and under. This is the pinnacle event for youth competitors around the world who must qualify for the event by earning a predetermined number of points to secure a spot in each of the classes, representing English, western and halter disciplines, or earn an invitation through their state or provincial affiliate. The show includes Level 3, Adequan® Level 2 and Level 1 Champion of Champions classes.
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